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L. C. Wei, L. E. Ehrlich, M. J. Powell-Palm, C. Montgomery, J. Beuth, J. A. Malen, Thermal conductivity of metal powders for powder bed additive manufacturing.

J. P. Freedman, R. F. Davis, J. A. Malen, Nondiffusive electron transport in metals interpreted by two-temperature Boltzmann Transport Equation analyses of thermoreflectance experiments.

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K. D. Parrish, J. R. Abel, A. Jain, J. A. Malen, A. J. H. McGaughey, Phonon-Boundary Scattering in Nanoporous Silicon Films: Comparison of Monte Carlo Techniques, Journal of Applied Physics, Accepted (2017)

G. Elbaz, W. L. Ong*, E. A. Doud, P. Kim, D. W. Paley*, X. Roy*, J. A. Malen*, Phonon speed, not scattering differentiates thermal transport in lead halide perovskites, Nano Letters, Article ASAP (2017). DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b02696.

L. E. Ehrlich, G. M. Fahy, B. G. Wowk, J. A. Malen, Y. Rabin, Thermal Analyses of a Human Kidney and a Rabbit Kidney During Cryopreservation by Vitrification, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, Accepted Manuscript (2017).

M. Bartlett, N. Kazem, M. Powell-Palm, X. Huang, J. A. Malen, C. Majidi, High thermal conductivity in soft elastomers with elongated liquid metal inclusions, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 114 (9), 2143-2148 (2017). doi: 10.1073/pnas.1616377114. 

W. L. Ong, E. O’Brien, P. S. M. Dougherty, C. F. Higgs III, A. J. H. McGaughey, J. A. Malen*, X. Roy*, Orientational order controls crystalline and amorphous thermal transport in superatomic crystals, Nature Materials, 16, 83-88 (2017). doi:10.1038/nmat4739.  Also see News and Views

S. Majumdar, J. A. Malen*, A. J. H. McGaughey*, Cooperative molecular behavior enhances the thermal conductance of binary self-assembled monolayer junctions, Nano Letters,17 (1), 220–227 (2017).  DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b03894.

L. C. Wei, J. A. Malen, Enhanced Charge and Discharge Rates in Phase Change Materials Using a Spatially-Enhanced Thermal Conductivity, Applied Energy, 181, 224 (2016). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.08.020.

W. L. Ong, J. A. Malen, Thermal transport in nanostructured organic-inorganic hybrid materials, Invited Perspective, Annual Review of Heat Transfer, 19, 67-126 (2016). DOI: 10.1615/AnnualRevHeatTransfer.2016014222. ARHT-14222_Author Proof.pdf.

L. E. Ehrlich, J. A. Malen, Y. Rabin, Thermal conductivity of the cryoprotective cocktail DP6 in cryogenic temperatures, in the presence and absence of synthetic ice modulators, Cryobiology, 73, 196 (2016), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cryobiol.2016.07.012.

J. Epstein, W. L. Ong, C. Bettinger, J. A. Malen, Temperature dependent thermal conductivity and thermal interface resistance of pentacene thin films with varying morphology, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 8 (29) 19168 (2016), DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b06338

C. Mahoney, C. M. Hui, S. Majumdar, Z. Wang, J. A. Malen, M. N. Tchoul, K. Matyjaszewski, M. R. Bockstaller, Enhancing thermal transport in nanocomposites by polymer-graft modification of particle fillers, Polymer, 93, 72-77 (2016). DOI: doi:10.1016/j.polymer.2016.04.014

K. T. Regner, J. A. Malen, Nondiffusive Thermal Transport Increases Temperature Rise in RRAM Filaments, IEEE Electron Device Letters, 37 (5), 572-575 (2016).  DOI:10.1109/LED.2016.2539223

J. A. Sierra-Suarez, S. Majumdar, A. J. H. McGaughey, J. A. Malen, C. F. Higgs III, Morse potential-based model for contacting compsite rough surfaces: Formulation and application to self-assembled monolayer junctions, Journal of Applied Physics,  119 (14), 145306 (2016). DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4945759

J. P. Freedman, X. Yu, R. F. Davis, A. J. Gellman, J. A. Malen, Thermal interface conductance across metal alloy-dielectric interfaces. Physical Review B,  93 (3), 035309 (2016). DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.93.035309

M. Jeong, J. P. Freedman, J. Liang, C-M. Chow, V. M. Sokalski, J. Bain, J. A. Malen, Enhancement of thermal conductance at metal-dielectric interfaces using subnanometer metal adhesion layers.  Physical Review Applied, 5 (1), 014009 (2016). DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.5.014009

K. T. Regner, L. C. Wei, J. A. Malen, Interpretation of thermoreflectance measurements with a two-temperature model including non-surface heat deposition, Journal of Applied Physics. 2015, 118, 235101. DOI:10.1063/1.4937995

X. Wang, K. D. Parrish, J. A. Malen, P. K. L. Chan, Modifying the thermal conductivity of small molecular organic semiconductor thin films with metal nanoparticles, Scientific Reports (Nature Publishing Group), 2015, 5: 16095.  DOI:  10.1038/srep16095

M. M. Adachi, F. Fan, D. P. Sellan, S. Hoogland, O. Voznyy, A. J. Houtepen, K. D. Parrish, P. Kanjanaboos, J. A. Malen, E. H. Sargent, Microsecond-sustained lasing from colloidal quantum dot solids, Nature Communications,  2015, 6, 8694.  DOI:10.1038/ncomms9694

S. Majumdar, J. Sierra-Suarez, S. Schiffres, W.L. Ong, C. F. Higgs III, A. J. H. McGaughey, and J. A. Malen, Vibrational mismatch of metal leads controls thermal conductance of self-assembled monolayer junctions, Nano Letters, 2015, 15, 2985−2991. DOI: 10.1021/nl504844d

K. T. Regner, J. P. Freedman, J. A. Malen, Advances in studying phonon mean-free-path-dependent contributions to thermal conductivity, Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering, Invited Perspective, 19:3, 183-205. DOI: 10.1080/15567265.2015.1045640.

L. E. Ehrlich, J. S. G. Feig, S. N. Schiffres, J. A. Malen, Y. Rabin, Large Thermal Conductivity Differences between the Crystalline and Vitrified States of DMSO with Applications to Cryopreservation, PLOS ONE, 2015. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0125862

 

K. T. Regner, A. J. H. McGaughey, and J. A. Malen, Analytical interpretation of non-diffusive phonon transport in thermoreflectance thermal conductivity measurements, Physical Review B, 2014. 90 (6), 064302.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.90.064302

W. L. Ong, S. Majumdar, J. A. Malen, and A. J. H. McGaughey, Coupling of organic inorganic vibrational states and their thermal transport in nanocrystal arrays. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2014.  118, 7288.  DOI: 10.1021/jp4120157

Schiffres, S. N., S. Harish, S. Maruyama, J. Shiomi, and J. A. Malen, Tunable Electrical and Thermal Transport in Ice-Templated Multi–Layer Graphene Nanocomposites through Freezing Rate Control.  ACS Nano, 2013. 7, 11183. DOI: 10.1021/nn404935m

Zhang, H., J. S. Son, J. Jang, J. S. Lee, W. L. Ong, J. A. Malen, and D. V. Talapin, Bi1-xSbx Alloy Nanocrystals: Colloidal Synthesis, Charge Transport, and Thermoelectric Properties.  ACS Nano, 2013. 7, 10296.   DOI: 10.1021/nn404692s

Freedman, J. P., J. H. Leach, E. A. Preble, Z. Sitar, R. F. Davis, and J. A. Malen, Universal phonon mean free path spectra in crystalline semiconductors at high temperature. Scientific Reports (Nature Publishing Group), 2013.  3, 2963.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep02963

Tan, C. C., L. Shi, R. Zhao, Q. Guo, Y. Li, Y. Yang, T. C. Chong, J. A. Malen, W. L. Ong, T. E. Schlesinger, and J. A. Bain, Compositionally matched nitrogen-doped Ge2Sb2Te5/Ge2Sb2Te5 superlattice-like structures for phase change random access memory.  Applied Physics Letters, 2013.  133507 (103). http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4823551

Ho H., A. A. Sharma, W. L. Ong, J. A. Malen, J. A. Bain, and J. G. Zhu, Experimental estimates of in-plane thermal conductivity in FePt-C granular thin film heat assisted magnetic recording media using a model layered system. Applied Physics Letters, 2013.  131907 (103).  http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4821950

Su, Z., J. P. Freedman, J. Leach, E. Preble, R. F. Davis, and J. A. Malen, The impact of film thickness and substrate surface roughness on the thermal resistance of aluminum nitride nucleation layers. Journal of Applied Physics, 2013. 113, 213502. http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4808238

Regner, K. T., S. Majumdar, and J. A. Malen, Instrumentation of broadband frequency domain thermoreflectance for measuring thermal conductivity accumulation functions. Review of Scientific Instruments, 2013.  84, 064901. http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4808055.

Regner, K.T., D.P. Sellan, Z. Su, C.H. Amon, A.J.H. McGaughey, and J.A. Malen, Broadband phonon mean free path contributions to thermal conductivity measured using frequency domain thermoreflectance. Nature Communications, 4:1640 doi:10.1038/ncomms2630 (2013).

W. L. Ong, S. M. Rupich, D. V. Talapin*, A. J. H. McGaughey & J. A. Malen*, Surface chemistry mediates thermal transport in three-dimensional nanocrystal arrays, Nature Materials,  doi:10.1038/nmat3596 (2013).  also see News and Views by M. D. Losego & D. G. Cahill.

Y. Yan, J. A. Malen, Periodic heating amplifies the efficiency of thermoelectric energy conversion.  Energy & Environmental Science, doi: 10.1039/C3EE24158K (2013).  also see Chemistry World highlight.

Schiffres, S. N., K. H. Kim, L. Hu, A. J. H. McGaughey, M. F. Islam, J. A. Malen, Gas diffusion, energy transport, and thermal accommodation in single-walled carbon nanotube aerogels,  Advanced Functional Materials, 22, 5251–5258 doi:10.1002/adfm.201201285 (2012).

Su, Z., L. Huang, F. Liu, J. P. Freedman, L. M. Porter, R. F. Davis, J. A. Malen, Layer-by-layer thermal conductivities of the Group III nitride films in blue/green light emitting diodes.  Applied Physics Letters, 2012. 201106 (100). http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4718354.

Yee, S.K.*, J.A. Malen*, A. Majumdar, and R.A. Segalman, Thermoelectricity in Fullerene-Metal Heterojunctions. Nano Letters, 2011. http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/nl2014839.

Schiffres, S. and J.A. Malen, Improved 3-omega measurement of thermal conductivity in liquid, gases, and powders using a metal-coated optical fiber. Review of Scientific Instruments, 2011. 064903 (82). http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3593372.

Malen, J.A., K. Baheti, T. Tong, Y. Zhao, J.A. Hudgings, and A. Majumdar, Optical Measurement of Thermal Conductivity Using Fiber Aligned Frequency Domain Thermoreflectance (FAFDTR). ASME Journal of Heat Transfer, 2011. pdf.

Malen, J.A., S.K. Yee, A. Majumdar, and R.A. Segalman, Fundamentals of energy transport, energy conversion, and thermal properties in organic-inorganic heterojunctions. Chemical Physics Letters, 2010. 491(4-6): p. 109-122. pdf.

Malen, J.A., P. Doak, K. Baheti, T.D. Tilley, A. Majumdar, and R.A. Segalman, The Nature of Transport Variations in Molecular Heterojunction Electronics. Nano Letters, 2009. 9(10): p. 3406-3412. pdf.

Malen, J.A., P. Doak, K. Baheti, T.D. Tilley, R.A. Segalman, and A. Majumdar, Identifying the Length Dependence of Orbital Alignment and Contact Coupling in Molecular Heterojunctions. Nano Letters, 2009. 9(3): p. 1164-1169. pdf.

Baheti, K.*, J.A. Malen*, P. Doak, P. Reddy, S.Y. Jang, T.D. Tilley, A. Majumdar, and R.A. Segalman, Probing the chemistry of molecular heterojunctions using thermoelectricity. Nano Letters, 2008. 8(2): p. 715-719. pdf.

Malen, J.A., N.E. Todreas, P. Hejzlar, P. Ferroni, and A. Bergles, Thermal hydraulic design of a hydride-fueled inverted PWR core. Nuclear Engineering and Design, 2009. 239(8): p. 1471-1480. pdf.

Shuffler, C., J. Trant, J.A. Malen, and N. Todreas, Thermal hydraulic analysis for grid supported pressurized water reactor cores. Nuclear Engineering and Design, 2009. 239(8): p. 1442-1460. pdf.

Shuffler, C., P. Diller, J.A. Malen, N. Todreas, E. Greenspan, and B. Petrovic, Economic analysis of grid and wire wrap supported hydride and oxide fueled pressurized water reactors. Nuclear Engineering and Design, 2009. 239(8): p. 1505-1530.

Greenspan, E., M. Fratoni, F. Ganda, F. Ginex, D. Olander, N. Todreas, P. Diller, P. Ferroni, J.A. Malen, A. Romano, C. Shuffler, J. Trant, B. Petrovic, and H. Garkisch, Hydride fuel for LWRs-Project overview. Nuclear Engineering and Design, 2009. 239(8): p. 1374-1405. pdf.

Park, H.G., J.A. Malen, W.T. Piggott, J.D. Morse, R. Greif, C.P. Grigoropoulos, M.A. Havstad, and R. Upadhye, Methanol steam reformer on a silicon wafer. Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, 2006. 15(4): p. 976-985. pdf.

*joint first author or joint corresponding author